diff --git a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/command.go b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/command.go
index 5c4e761da..ffc38fd02 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/command.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/ceph/client/command.go
@@ -253,23 +253,15 @@ func ExecuteRBDCommandWithTimeout(context *clusterd.Context, args []string) (str
 
 func ExecuteCephCommandWithRetry(
 	cmd func() (string, []byte, error),
-	getExitCode func(err error) (int, bool),
 	retries int,
-	retryOnExitCode int,
 	waitTime time.Duration,
 ) ([]byte, error) {
 	for i := 0; i < retries; i++ {
 		action, data, err := cmd()
 		if err != nil {
-			exitCode, parsed := getExitCode(err)
-			if parsed {
-				if exitCode == retryOnExitCode {
-					logger.Infof("command failed for %s. trying again...", action)
-					time.Sleep(waitTime)
-					continue
-				}
-			}
-			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to complete command for %s", action)
+			logger.Infof("command failed for %s. trying again...", action)
+			time.Sleep(waitTime)
+			continue
 		}
 		if i > 0 {
 			logger.Infof("action %s succeeded on attempt %d", action, i)
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go
index 7f0d68977..2fa57dd6d 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/dashboard.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) setLoginCredentials(password string) error {
 	_, err = client.ExecuteCephCommandWithRetry(func() (string, []byte, error) {
 		output, err := client.NewCephCommand(c.context, c.clusterInfo, args).RunWithTimeout(exec.CephCommandsTimeout)
 		return "set dashboard creds", output, err
-	}, c.exitCode, 5, invalidArgErrorCode, dashboardInitWaitTime)
+	}, 5, dashboardInitWaitTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to set login creds on mgr")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/orchestrator.go b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/orchestrator.go
index 6a8a83d90..366e7e442 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/orchestrator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/ceph/cluster/mgr/orchestrator.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (c *Cluster) setRookOrchestratorBackend() error {
 		args := []string{"orch", "set", "backend", "rook"}
 		output, err := client.NewCephCommand(c.context, c.clusterInfo, args).RunWithTimeout(exec.CephCommandsTimeout)
 		return "set rook backend", output, err
-	}, c.exitCode, 5, invalidArgErrorCode, orchestratorInitWaitTime)
+	}, 5, orchestratorInitWaitTime)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to set rook as the orchestrator backend")
 	}